Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Good evening, hope all is well with you. It seems like forever since I’ve blogged. I have to say though, it was very nice to take a break. It was very much needed! Well, I don’t have any creations to post today BUT I have some very exciting news. Sassy Studio Designs is having it’s first ever customer blog hop. The blog hop will be on January 15th-just in time for the new release. I’ll have more details on how to sign up this fun time in a bit!!! So make sure you keep checking back!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Good evening, hope all is well with you. I wanted to announce the winner of the image that I used in the blog hop for The Character Cafe’. The winner of my adorable image is: RSTUCK2003. So please go to the TCC blog and contact Kendra. Also the DT for The Character Cafe’ will be taking a break until the first of the year, when we will be back with a new release. So have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

I almost forgot to tell you that the fabulous owners of TCC-Kendra and Kelly have a sale going on for you until the 1st of the year! All images are only 1 dollar!!!! So go shopping and treat yourself!!!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Good Morning, hope all is well with you. Today is release day from Sassy Studio Designs. We hope you will join us in a blog hop and some chatting later in the day on our PCP page. I have 2 of the new releases for you, converse, and the Ice skate. I really have to run, but I’ll be back later with some more details. From here you should be going to Jacquie.

ETA—Please leave comment on every blog along the way, and at the SSD blog also, in this comment please tell us about one of your family traditions. My family does not have a lot of traditions, but the one thing that we do every year is go to my mom’s. She lives in South Lake Tahoe, so the one thing we can count on every year is a White Christmas, which we all LOVE!!! Don’t forget to come and chat with us on the SSD party blog, there will be link on the Sassy Studio site. We are chatting from 4-6pm pst, and 7-9pm est.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Good evening, hope all is well with you. Robyn’s Fetish is releasing new images today. So I have Harvey mouse and Sasha backyard kid to share with you. Aren’t they adorable!! I made a tag using Harvey and a very simple card using Sasha. Make sure you check out all of the new releases available now at Robyn’s Fetish. And please hop along with us and welcome the newest members of our Design Team. Here’s the order of the hop:

Good morning, hope all is well with you. It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another creation for The Character Cafe’. Today I’ve used the poinsettia set. These flowers are gorgeous. And so much fun to color. I tried so many different ways before I decided on these. They were so pretty, I wanted to do a really clean and simple look on this card. This card qualifies for 2 challenges. First is Stampavie and More, and Charisma Cardz. Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. My computer seems to be doing better, so I’m in a much better mood. Today I have an adorable new image for you from Sassy Studio Designs. This is called ~ Waiting for Santa~isn’t she precious? SSD also offers a boy version of this which is just as cute. Make sure you check out all of the gorgeous images that SSD offers you. I used a sketch from Stamp With Fun. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I’ve been honored to receive this beautiful blog award from 2 very lovely blogging friends.

Sue from Sue’s Sentiments and Alica from Aqyera were so gracious in awarding this to me. I feel very honored-so thank you ladies. Now onto the details:

Nominate 7 people you feel deserve this award, link back to the person that gave you the award. And the biggest one: list 7 things you think people would find interesting about you. Now for me that’s the hard part, besides just picking 7 people to give this too. I don’t live a very interested life, I live a very chaotic life, but not with anything that people find interesting. So, I’ll give it a try.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I AM NOT so well. My computer decided to go totally black on last night, after days of major problems. So I did what I was told to do and did a system recovery-should have been no problem right? NOT!!!!! It decided to tell that I didn’t have windows at all! So, finally did another system recovery, and all was well-so I thought-it decided to keep shutting off on me. This was at about midnight last night! Then this morning, I’m trying to FINALLY put this post up and I can’t get into blogger dashboard to do anything-it just tells me ERROR. So I finally got windows live writer downloaded and here I am. I AM SO SO SO SORRY TO ALL OF YOU, BUT ESPECIALLY TO KENDRA AND KELLY!!!!! Ok, onto fun stuff.

*ON THE 11TH HOP OF CHRISTMAS TCC GAVE TO ME 11 SHEETS OF DP*

The Character Cafe’ is having a new release with a twist. This is our 12 hops of Christmas blog hop. There is a VERY nice grand prize to be won by 1 very lucky person at the end of this. So, here’s the deets:

Comment on everyone’s blogs.

Let us know your favorite new image.

Post about our hop/blog candy on another blog/forum and receive 5 extra ballots.

Become a follower and receive 2 extra ballots-already a follower? Just let us know and you will receive 2 extra ballots as well.

If you refer someone and let us know, we’ll add another ballot per referral.

Each DT member will pick someone to win the image that they have worked with.

So that means you have 8+ chances for the grand prize.

12 chances to win a free digi.

Plus a free digi for playing along.

If we get 50 players then someone will win 1/2 of the new releases. If we get 100 players then someone will win the other 1/2.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I’m still sick, but I can’t stand being in bed anymore. Today is release day for Sassy Studio Designs. Here are 2 of the images being released. I have another one in the works and will be adding it later. The first one is Strawberry Daiquiri, isn’t she adorable!!!! She could be used for so many things. The second one is The Stroke of Midnight, and I LOVE this one. This can be used in soooo many ways. I paired it with a saying from the fairy tale collection. Now, for the fun stuff. We are having a blog hop, with a game to play. Make sure you visit everyone along the way and leave a comment. The twist or game is you have to find the hidden elf. Whoever follows these rules and emails Jacquie at javablustamper@yahoo.com will be entered to win 3 SSD images of their choice. Next up, we will be opening the party blog at 12 noon PST. There you will find the limited edition blinkie, and maybe a surprise!!! For some reason I can’t get to the party blog at the moment, but you can find a link on the SSD blog. So make sure you visit the sassy seven to see their wonderful creations.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I am feeling better today, still not great, but better. Thank you so much for all the well wishes, they were very much appreciated. I have a sneak peek for you from Sassy Studio Designs. This is Stroke of Midnight from the upcoming release-December 1st. !I think this is the sweetest picture, and I colored it to resemble myself and my husband-I know corny huh! Oh well! I used my prima pencils and baby oil, and shimmerz from 7kidscollegefund. So don’t forget to join in on the release party for SSD on Tuesday December 1st. Lindsay always makes it fun, and you never know what surprises there will be! Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I was and still am sick, good thing we did our Thanksgiving early. My oldest was gone all week, so we did our Thanksgiving on Sunday. At least I didn’t have to cook while I was sick! Today is Friday and that means Feature Friday at The Character Cafe’. Today I used Izzy the Elf, isn’t she adorable!! I used a sketch from The Sweet Stop, it isn’t exactly like theirs, I just tweaked it a bit! Make sure you check out the rest of the DT members blog listed on the left hand side. Have a wonderful day!!!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving, hope all is well with you. Not only is it Thanksgiving, but it’s challenge day at Sassy Studio Designs. Our challenge to you today is a recipe~ 3 dp’s, 1 decorative border, and 2 brads. You have until Wednesday 12/2 to link your entry at Sassy Studio Designs. The winner will be announced on Friday 12/4, and the winner will receive 2 SSD images of their choice.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I’m feeling much better, thank you for all the well wishes. Evidently it wasn’t the flu, just some bug. Sassy Studio Designs has a bonus challenge for you this week. Lindsay is a HUGE Disney fan, and in fact did a fairy tale release a couple of months ago. Her challenge for you is to make something inspired by the movie The Princess and the Frog. You have until Dec. 11 at midnight PST. And the prize is amazing-9, yes I said 9 images from the fairy tale release.

So, for this fun challenge I used her princess and frog image, along with the frog-which by the way is a freebie on the SSD blog. I also decided to do an easel card. I’ve never done one before, it was very easy, although I did mess up my score lines a bit, so it doesn’t quite stand up like it should. Oh well, it was fun, here is a close up of the front of it:

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. As I’m writing this, just about everyone in my house has the flu, and I can feel it coming. So, I hope your better than I am! LOL!!! Today is Wacky Wednesday on Robyn’s Fetish Challenge Blog. This is Denise, isn’t she cute?! I decided to go with different colors than I usually use, and I really liked working with them. I used a sketch from Friday Sketchers Blog. So make sure you head over to Robyn’s Fetish Challenge Blog to pick this adorable little freebie. Have a great day and thanks for looking!

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I have some ATC’s to share with you today. I actually made these a few weeks ago, just haven’t posted them. This first one is for the 50’s group. The image is 50’s sweetheart from The Greeting Farm.

This next one was for the Asian group. The image is Geisha Anya from The Greeting Farm. I happened to get this image while it was a digi, so it was easily resized.

This one also uses a digi image from The Greeting Farm, it’s Timmy Stocking-isn’t he sooooo cute!!!

This was for the vintage category,and I’m so sorry, I don’t know where I got the image. But it is a vintage ad for Warner’s.

And this one was for the Rock ‘n Roll category. As soon as I saw this category I knew I had to use this image. This is Rockin’ Roxie from Sassy Studio Designs. Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today is a vintage/shabby chic challenge for you from Robyn’s Fetish. I have such a hard time with vintage! I don’t know why, but it is. Now my mother on the other hand is amazing at it, and she gave me a box for mother’s day with all kinds of vintage embellishments. So I did run to that box-thank goodness for it. I used the image Dolly with Presents. I used a sketch from Lili of the Valley. Make sure you play along with this challenge for a chance to win some Robyn’s Fetish images. The challenge is on the Robyn’s Fetish Challenge Blog. Also, don’t forget to check out my very talented fellow DT member’s listed on the right hand side. Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Friday, November 20, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today is Friday and that means TCC day. I’m on the half of the team that has challenge set today, and we have a sketch to play with this week. The very talented Maria Bell has joined us and given us the sketch. I used Santa’s List set from the new releases. He is so cute, and so much fun to color and play with. I think I colored about 5 of him, before I settled on just one. Make sure you play along with us on The Cafe’ Blog for a chance to win some adorable images. Thanks for looking, and have a great day!!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I know, I know, I’m so late with this post. But as most of you probably know, I was out of town last week on a personal matter. And Annie, was gracious enough to let me do this when I got back. When I saw this sketch, I wondered what the heck I was gonna do with it. Then The Greeting Farm offered these wonderful little digi’s for a limited time, and of course I HAD to have them. As you can see they represent Edward, Bella, and Jacob. Aren’t they the cutest?! Make sure you play along with the us on Sketch Girl Challenge Blog. And, don’t forget to check out my fellow DT member’s listed on the left hand side.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Good evening, hope all is well with you. Robyn’s Fetish is celebrating a new release. You should have come here from the Robyn’s Fetish Challenge Blog. There will be a challenge to go along with the hop. The challenge will run through 11:30pm EST on Sunday the 15th. You can enter by leaving a comment on the challenge blog or you can email your entry to Donna at theartofpapercrafts@hotmail.co.uk. From here you should visit the extremely talented Meredith.

I used the image called puppy pilgrim. Isn’t he adorable. I decided to make a tag with him. I figured it could be used as an invitation, or thank you, or whatever you like. I colored with my copics, cut out, and added some ink around the edges. Thanks for looking, have a wonderful day. And make sure you visit the rest of the hop in this order:

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today is Saturday and that means a challenge for Robyn's Fetish. We had a recipe to follow, which is:3 patterned papers2 colors of cardstock1 ribbonglitter or shimmerblingflowersAND and RF imageSo go check out the Challenge blog, and play along with a chance to win. And make sure you check out my very talented Design Team members' blogs to the right hand side!Recipe~Image-The Stocking Stuffer-Robyn's FetishCS-BazzillBlingDP-Fancy PantsColoring Medium-CopicsMisc.-Ribbon-Joann's, Flowers-Primas, glitter brad, MS snowflake border and edge punch, stickles, star bling-Michael's

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today is release day for The Character Cafe'. Kendra and Kelly have come up with the cutest designs this month for you. So, I had this brilliant idea to make a gift bag with the image that I was assigned. And wouldn't you know it that I saw the same idea on a fellow DTmembers blog. Well, like I told her "Great Minds". So this time around I was given Pax the Penguin to work with. Isn't he adorable?! I just thought a gift bag would be so cute, and this is what I came up with.

The deets for this blog hop are as follows-You must comment on every one's blog in order to qualify for the Grand Prize of all of the new releases.Become a follower if your not already.The code for 40% off until Friday Nov. 13 at noon is "remember"Now the order for the hop is"The Character Cafe storeBillieMeredithAngelaPialiSara-your here!DeanneFinkRachelDianeHeatherLolaAngieDon't forget that you should have come here from Piali's blog, and you should be visiting Deanne from here. I will be drawing one winner to win the image that I used today, so don't forget to participate. Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by!

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I've almost got my blog put back together, just one more list-yay! Today is challenge day over at Sassy Studio Designs, and the challenge for you today is: Paper Piecing! As many of you know I tried this for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I'm one of those people that always thinks things are harder than they really are. Now that I've done it, I LOVE it, and can't wait to see what else I can do. So when I saw this challenge I was very excited, and then scared again. But when I finally decided on my image, I was excited again, I knew exactly what I wanted. She just screamed out to me that she needed a pink polka dot guitar!!! I almost did her hair, but thought that was too much-heehee! So make sure you play along. The winner gets 2 SSDimages, how can you not play, you know you want those images-lol! The sketch I used was from The Sweet Stop. Have a wonderful day, and have fun creating!Recipe~Image-Rockin' Roxie from Sassy Studio DesignsCS-bazzillBlingDP-DCWVrockstar stack, making memoriesColoring Medium-copics, glitter gel penMisc.- black ink-stampology, pink ink-watermelon-ctmh, silver cord-joann's, star punches-fiskars.

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My name is Sara, I'm a SAHM with 4 kids. Chelsea is my beautiful 23yr. old daughter. Ashlee is my adventurous 20 yr. old daughter. Sabrina is my precocious 18 yr. old daughter, and Jesse is my(good) rotten (just like his father) 16yr. old son.
My DH is Daniel, we've been married for 24 years. We have a very chaotic life-hence the title. We have 5 dogs,and 2 cats, 2 tortoise, and lots of fish. I also LOVE hellokitty!!